In the weeks since our post, a number of organizations have come out in support, petitioning the Ethiopian government to free Nega and drop the charges against him. The International Press Institute has submitted a letter signed by prominent journalists from all over the world, while Freedom Now filed a petition with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. A group of 32 IFEX member organizations has also sent an appeal for Nega's release.

As Martin Luther King, Jr. once wrote, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." It is imperative that we speak out against threats to freedom of expression wherever they occur.